by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Aug 15, 2019 | Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Eating Disorders, Happiness, Stress Management |
Yoga benefits your emotional and mental health in a number of ways. First, it moves you from the sympathetic nervous system to the parasympathetic nervous system, or from flight-or-flight to rest-and-digest. You typically have less anxiety and enter a more relaxed...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Jul 11, 2019 | Depression, Happiness, Joy, Love, Stress Management |
Choose Joy Daily: Small Moments, Lasting Happiness. Joy, laughter, and play stimulate the release of feel good hormones in our body. It shuts down cortisol, adrenaline, and other health deteriorating processes in the body. S. Lewis saw clear distinction between joy,...